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Charlie Peacock: Love Press Ex-Curio
by Mark F. Turner
Like a sound chemist, Charlie Peacock mixes acoustic jazz with electronica to create some interesting music on Love Press Ex-Curio (Love's Pressure Exhibits Curiosity). The pop and gospel Grammy-winning producer/artist now proves his passion for jazz, and the results are impressive. The recording features a list of jazz heavies including Ralph Alessi, Joey Baron, Jeff Coffin, Ravi Coltrane, James Genus, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Roger Smith, Kirk Whalum, Victor Wooten, and others. Add the techno wizardry of Tony Miracle ...
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by John Kelman
Lines between musical styles have become so blurred that it's not only impossible to pin down what's happening all the time—it's irrelevant. Bill Frisell, initially considered a jazz guitarist, now divides his time between Americana, world music, groove, bluegrass, jazz, and more—none of the genres meeting traditional definitions and all likely to be liberally cross-pollinated. Similarly, saxophonist Jan Garbarek, who emerged in the early 1970s as a post-Ayler free improviser, now blends Norwegian folk music with contemporary sampling and synthesizer ...
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by David Miller
Everything that came after Miles Davis is bound to have a Miles influence. It's just a matter of how the artists choose to express it. On Love's Pressure Exhibits Curiosity (Love Press Ex-Curio), Charlie Peacock manages to capture the spirit and compositional nature of Miles' early electric bands.Many similarities exist between this (Peacock's first foray into the jazz realm) and Bitches' Brew or In A Silent Way. Peacock's compositions are simpler, but they allow for the same spontaneous ...
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